Combined kitchen table and ironing board



`6.1, CRONENBERGER. 'COMBINED KITCHEN TABLE AND* IBON|NG BOARD.APPLICATION FILED JULY I5, i919- I'IENEWED SEPT. 26 192|.

Patented May 9,1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 25 IIOBART G. MILLER, or CHICAGO, ILLinoIs.l y

erin-HALF To COMBINED KITCHEN TABLE .Ann IRONI'NGBOARD..

Application led July 15, 1919, Serial No. 311,003.

T 0 @ZZ whom it may concern.' i Be it known that I, GnonGn J. CnONnN-BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in CombinedKitclien Tables `and Ironing Boards, of which thefollowing is a specication. My'primary object is to provide a novel,simple and economical construction ofthe character above referredtocombining' the features of the usual kitchen table, with the feature ofan ironing-board which when not in use is concealed within'the table,but which whendesired for use maybe readily moved to position for use,preferably at either end of the table, and be firmly supported in suchoperative position.

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Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view, with certain parts in section, ofanarticle constructed in accordance with my invention, the ironing-` boardthereof being shown ina position -for use, the parts sectioned y1n thisfigure being sectioned along the line 1-1 on Fig. 2, and

viewed in the direction of the arrows;-

Fig. 2 Ais a section taken at theline 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in thedirection of the arrow; Fig 3 is a perspective view ofthe struct-ureshown in Fig. 1, with the y legs broken away, thetable beingviewedfrom,l

a point above it; Fig.l 1 is a Section tahen at the line 4&4# on Figs.v1 and. 2 andrvi'ewed in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 5,

a perspective view of, one of the two draw.

ers employed,

In the particular construction shown, the table is formed of a table-top6 having depending apron-boards 7 and S and supported on legs v9 locatedat the four corners of the table as shown. The structure thus providedis equipped with a pair lof drawers 11 which extend from opposite endsof vthe table through openings 10 in the aprons 8 and are adapted to beseparately drawn out from under the table-top to open position as iscommon in kitchen tables. Extending lengthwise of the table and in linewith the openings 10 in the aprons 8, are guides 12 shown as formed'withinwardly yprojecting flanges 13 along the upper surfaces of which thedrawers 11 slide. The ironing-board element of the structure isrepresented at Specification of Letters Patent.v

Renewed September 2G, 192.1. Serial No. 503,382.-v

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GEORGE J. CRONENBERGER, orv CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Assisivonor Patented May9,1922." 1

stiff section 15 which may be of wood covered by an ironing-cloth16 witha pad 17 interposed betweenthese.y parts,- the covering I structurereferred to being preferably provided in the form ofv a bag asshowninto. which the board 15 may be inserted and a flat'lS at the endof the cover 16 then turned over to the posi-tion showny in Figs. 1 and2 and vfastened as by the snap buttons 19. The ironing-board 14, extendsthrough the openings 10in the aprons 8, between the table-x top Gand thedrawers 11,'V and isfree to be drawn to extended position (Fig.l 1)k ateither end of the table, to: position it lfor use, v

and to provide for the desiredl support of the outer,v overhanging, endof the board, In f locate the latter as above stated andv provideReferring to thek accompanying draw! for the automatic clamping oftheboard by the act of drawing out the one of the drawers at the end ofthetable ffrom which the ironing-board is caused to extend. In theVparticular arrangement shown vthe lclamping action referred to isproduced' byr so forming the guides 13 that their upper surfaces in#cline downwardly from theirouter 'ends-tm ward their inner ends asindicated somewhat exaggeratedly in Fig. 2 and providing vacOrrespondingftaper as indi-cated at lower edges of thevdrawers 11. y

In the use of the ironing-board it is drawn out from .below thetable-top l6 .to .the 'desired extent, and the one of the drawers-11beneath it is then `also drawn out, the drawer on .the

thus binding it against the under side of 'i the table-top '6 as shownin Fig. 2 .and vforming, by the protrusion of the drawer beyond the endof the table a support for thez over-l hanging portion of theironing-board thus causing the board to be in operative position. I

The article is so constructed, as shown, by preference, as to provide falong opposite sides of the drawer-supporting guides 12, spaces orcompartments 21 which may very conveniently serve' as a place forstoring the table legs, as for example as illustrated of` the one indotted lines in Fig. 1, for convenience and cheapness of transportation,

rigidly supported Y the several parts of the table beingthus arranged ina very compact condition and the legs beingl assembled with the otherparts of the table in any suitable way, when desir d. t will beunderstood from the foregoing that the article as provided by reason ofcombining the table-top, drawer, and ironing-board features in onearticle, with the parts cooperating together as stated, possesses greatutility and by reason of its compactness is a very desirable structure.

' lVhile I have illustrated and described a particular constructionembodying my invention I do not wish to be understood as intending tolimit it thereto as the same may be variously7 modified and alteredwithout departing from the spirit of my invention. lWhat I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In an article of the character set forth, the combination of a tablehaving a top and drawers at opposite sides of the table, and anironing-board supportedfon said table below the top thereof to be movedinto and out of a position in which it extends laterally beyond thetable at either of opposite sides thereof, said drawers being locatedbelow the board and serving, when drawn outwardly, as a support for theprojecting end of the board. a

2. In an article lof the character set forth, the combination of a tablehavinga top and a drawer, guiding mea-ns for said drawer, anironing-board extending above said drawer and movable into and out of aposition in which it extends laterally beyond the table, and meansoperating upon the act of drawing said drawer outwardly to raise thelatter and clamp said board in extended position.

3. In an article of the character set forth, the combination of a tablehaving a top and a drawer, guiding means for said drawer having itsupper surface inclined, the lower surface of said drawer being inclined,said inclined surfaces operating when the drawer is drawn outwardly, tolift the drawer, and an ironing-board extending above said drawer andmovable into and out of a posi tion in which it extends laterally beyondthe table, said drawer in its outward movement clamping said board inplace.

t. In an article of the character set forth, the combination of a tablehaving a top, an ironing-board supported on said table to be moved intoand out of a position in which it extends laterally beyond the table, amember slidably mounted on the table and eX- tending beneath saidironing-board and serving when drawn outwardly, as a support for theboard when the latter is in extended position for use, and meansoperating automatically in the act of drawing said member outwardly toclamp said board in place.

5. In an article of the character set forth, the combination of a tablehaving top, an ironing-board supported on said table to be moved intoand out of a position in which it extends laterally beyond the table, aniember slidably mounted on the table and extending beneath saidironing-board and serving when drawn outwardly, as a support for theboard when the latter is in extended position for use, and wedging meansoperating automatically in the act of drawing said member outwardly toclamp said board in place.

G. In an article of the character setl forth, the combination of a tablehaving a top, an ironing-board supported on said table to be moved intoand out of a position in which it Vextends laterally beyond the table, adrawer slidably mounted on the table and extending beneath saidironing-board and serving,` when drawn outwardly, as a support for theboard when the latter is in eX- tended position for use, and meansoperating automatically in the act of drawing said drawer outwardly toclamp saidboard in place.

GEORGE J. CRONENBERGER.

